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and back taxes if you do that. we do understand, of course, the concerns of smaller property owners in that they shouldn't be treated as big parking companies because they are not. these are folks who have maybe two units, are renting out their driveway or garage in their building to help pay for the mortgage. it is a concern that they would be hobaled by a great expense. hopefully this won't be the case with the new legislation. we can start with a clean slate, pardon me, and move on from there. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, i'm dennis ribal, a property manager in san francisco. thank you, supervisor wiener, for your work on this important issue. while i support the direction this proposal is moving, i don't think it goes quite far enough, i think it is difficult to enforce this requirement as far as the tax collector's office. from my own experience i though the property en errs penalized and forced to pay past due tax and penalties, the net in which they are ensnared is if they have t
and back taxes if you do that. we do understand, of course, the concerns of smaller property owners in that they shouldn't be treated as big parking companies because they are not. these are folks who have maybe two units, are renting out their driveway or garage in their building to help pay for the mortgage. it is a concern that they would be hobaled by a great expense. hopefully this won't be the case with the new legislation. we can start with a clean slate, pardon me, and move on from...
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that is how the tax is worded. for years and years people have been renting out spots connected to residential dwelling, whether single family home or apartment whether there are extra spots after tenants have taken a few spots. it's done so many years without paying parking tax and without knowing it. in addition if you didn't know you were to pay the tax and decided you were going to be a good citizen and comply the city has made it unbelievably difficult to actually pay that tax because the city treats someone renting their garage in a single family home as if they were the fifth and mission garage. you have to have parking equipment to gather data on the garage. you have to pay a bond. you have to pay approximately $1,000 fee, which might be significant higher than annual revenue or parking tax you are paying. you have to be fingerprinted at hall of justice, fill out a significant amount of paper work and pay monthly, just like a large garage. this legislation would do a couple things. first it would dramatical
that is how the tax is worded. for years and years people have been renting out spots connected to residential dwelling, whether single family home or apartment whether there are extra spots after tenants have taken a few spots. it's done so many years without paying parking tax and without knowing it. in addition if you didn't know you were to pay the tax and decided you were going to be a good citizen and comply the city has made it unbelievably difficult to actually pay that tax because the...
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it is our roads and we pay our taxes but i think this measure goes too far. in the last years there isn't a nudity ban and now we need one because of a district and business district of four blocks i think goes too far and i am totally opposed to the measure. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. first i wanted to commend supervisor wiener. september 21 i've never been compelled to email or contact a supervisor before in my life, but in september my partner and i moved actually to the castro area. having lived in six other areas in san francisco, having guests come in from family and friends from all over they never had the reaction that we've had and we had to experience, which prompted me to send him an email on september 21. there's a lot of discussion about diversity and freedom and all of that. i think the reality of it is if the nudists were congregating in knob hill or fisherman's wharf, the other supervisors would have who do something like mr. wiener has. it's a matter of wanting our community back and you don't have to s
it is our roads and we pay our taxes but i think this measure goes too far. in the last years there isn't a nudity ban and now we need one because of a district and business district of four blocks i think goes too far and i am totally opposed to the measure. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. first i wanted to commend supervisor wiener. september 21 i've never been compelled to email or contact a supervisor before in my life, but in september my...
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saturday morning, and anyway i continue to be proud of my city, but unfortunately with this legislation it taxes one's patience and i am not in support of it. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to make public comment. next speaker please. >> if there is anyone in the over flow room now is the time to come in. >> i am mickey jones and we very much support your legislation. what has been going through my mind and listening to these comments. 365 days a year organizations like glad and nclr, hrc. we try to convince most people in society that gay people are the same as everybody else except for the genders of our partners and i don't see this even though it's represented as such, as a gay issue. we are diverse as any population. we go to work. we pay bills. some are property owners. some are renders. we cover every religious background from all over the world so i find it somewhat offensive for this to be framed as a gay issue and i don't find it as such. as a gay women we have children and grandchildren and we don't like seeing the naked guys in the castro and i
saturday morning, and anyway i continue to be proud of my city, but unfortunately with this legislation it taxes one's patience and i am not in support of it. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to make public comment. next speaker please. >> if there is anyone in the over flow room now is the time to come in. >> i am mickey jones and we very much support your legislation. what has been going through my mind and listening to these comments....
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think supervisor stated very well -- i think supervisor wiener stated very well, having a good tax in service. we should have a good tourist destination based on the geography and density of our city. we should have excellent, world- class tax and service anyway, but the fact that we are endeavoring to be a transit first city where people do not feel the need to or desire to use or own their own cars, we need to have the transit, and cycling and walking rethink can cover a significant number of trips in san francisco, but there will always be a place for an automobile, times where the other modes of transportation will not meet the needs, and taxing services is one of the main ways we can fill that gap, so while there are many both perhaps inside and outside the mta that might prefer that taxing services were not brought into the mta a few years back, i think it makes all of the sense in the world that it is there because it is absolutely part of realizing transit first, and it completes this as a full- service transportation agency, so as supervisor wiener said, we are an approved bu
think supervisor stated very well -- i think supervisor wiener stated very well, having a good tax in service. we should have a good tourist destination based on the geography and density of our city. we should have excellent, world- class tax and service anyway, but the fact that we are endeavoring to be a transit first city where people do not feel the need to or desire to use or own their own cars, we need to have the transit, and cycling and walking rethink can cover a significant number of...
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they would pay additional property tax of $29.90. as the city's existing debt is redeemed, at that will help to offset these additional property tax payments for each of these new bond issues. our recommendation is to approve that resolution. and regarding items 12, 13, and 14, we report on page 7 in our report that the not to exceed 76 million of state neighborhood park sparks are projected to have an annual interest rate of 6% over approximately 20 years. the debt service payments would be 125,000,75823. -- 125, 758, 023. single-family residence, value f $500,000, assuming a homeowner's exemption where they pay average additional property taxes to the city of $40.50 per year. and our recommendations on items 12, 13, and 14, are on page 9 of our report. we recommend you amend the file 11334 to reduce the proposed park contingency fund to buy $95,000 from $4 million to $3 million. the total appropriation in the parks department will be reduced in the corresponding to $62 million. the total, not to exceed an amount for the city park a
they would pay additional property tax of $29.90. as the city's existing debt is redeemed, at that will help to offset these additional property tax payments for each of these new bond issues. our recommendation is to approve that resolution. and regarding items 12, 13, and 14, we report on page 7 in our report that the not to exceed 76 million of state neighborhood park sparks are projected to have an annual interest rate of 6% over approximately 20 years. the debt service payments would be...
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parts taxes. you can see that we are expecting the level of property transfer taxes to be modestly higher than the future. so, we do not see that overheated level continuing, approximately 10% of of that piece in the second year budget. supervisor chu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i thought that we had seen a dip from the six month report to the nine month report. >> so, these are -- we actually, at the nine month mark, we expected growth related to property taxes in the fiscal year. this is really driven by a handful of factors. number one, prop. 13 does not contain inflation factors where in any year the property tax rolls rose by 2%. for the last several years, inflation has been under 2%. for the coming two years, we will have our usual 2% automatic adjustment for the currently assessed properties in the city. the assessor's work through a bf supplementals pending from prior years. we are expecting that to continue. in particular, in the first year. and we are assuming hear some recov
parts taxes. you can see that we are expecting the level of property transfer taxes to be modestly higher than the future. so, we do not see that overheated level continuing, approximately 10% of of that piece in the second year budget. supervisor chu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i thought that we had seen a dip from the six month report to the nine month report. >> so, these are -- we actually, at the nine month mark, we expected growth related to property taxes in the fiscal...
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this is our tax dollars. i lived there for over 30 something years and i'd like to see it done right. and people are concerned. rec and park would not turn over information. if we had had a 10 or 20-day limit, nothing could happen. and with the types of vacations that folks get, no offense, we can't even get hold of the people responsible to get an answer. thank you. >>> good afternoon, my name is [speaker not understood] hawkins okari. i was literally born, literally born in the most polluted neighborhood in this city in the southeast sector. i have literally lived in that area my entire life. i'm a member of the black human rights leadership coalition and i am in total disagreement with this legislation. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. steve [speaker not understood] for [speaker not understood]. i'm here to speak in support of the legislation. -- that supervisor wiener has introduced. * a little bit of history. c-e-q-a was introduced at the state level in 2003, submitted in 2002 starting january 1 of 200
this is our tax dollars. i lived there for over 30 something years and i'd like to see it done right. and people are concerned. rec and park would not turn over information. if we had had a 10 or 20-day limit, nothing could happen. and with the types of vacations that folks get, no offense, we can't even get hold of the people responsible to get an answer. thank you. >>> good afternoon, my name is [speaker not understood] hawkins okari. i was literally born, literally born in the most...
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supervisor kim -- supervisor farrell, the small business tax exclusion, the payroll tax. that is being continued until budget deliberations are done. to understand its impact to the general fund. i want to let you know that that has not completely moved through the board of supervisors. supervisor chu, her legislation for the sunset past the planning commission with department recommendation for a slight modifications. i will provide you with written details at our july meeting. i just want to let you know that. supervisor campos' wage task force passed on its final reading and returned unsigned by the mayor. in the next 30 days, the task force will be convened to start meeting. supervisor wiener's legislation of policy committee, we will be reviewing today. supervisor wiener did introduce some revisions to some of the police permits. so we will be reviewing that and taking a look at it. i just what -- i just wanted to bring you up to speed on those couple of things. >> can you remind me, i know that the amplified sound on tour buses recently passed. do you know when that
supervisor kim -- supervisor farrell, the small business tax exclusion, the payroll tax. that is being continued until budget deliberations are done. to understand its impact to the general fund. i want to let you know that that has not completely moved through the board of supervisors. supervisor chu, her legislation for the sunset past the planning commission with department recommendation for a slight modifications. i will provide you with written details at our july meeting. i just want to...
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businesses other than the payroll tax, so we are holding off on that meeting until april . i cannot officially announced the business -- the position is posted on line, and because this is a civil service position, there is a unique selection process, but the office does not have control over it as we have with other positions, so i will be keeping you --hopefully by the end of march are will be receiving who the top candidates are to interview, so i will keep you posted, and moving on to legislation, it has not been assigned to committee -- i am sorry. it has been assigned but it is not in committee and land use yet. goothe benefit corporation wille heard on wednesday, and the proposed changes due to this commissions feedback and discussion with the human rights commission, there are four bulleted items i have provided which would prevent them from getting a discount if it would bump a non-profit. the discount would apply to contracts under $10 million, and add an evaluation period to two years. last month we heard the mayor have legislation appropriating $1 million, so it
businesses other than the payroll tax, so we are holding off on that meeting until april . i cannot officially announced the business -- the position is posted on line, and because this is a civil service position, there is a unique selection process, but the office does not have control over it as we have with other positions, so i will be keeping you --hopefully by the end of march are will be receiving who the top candidates are to interview, so i will keep you posted, and moving on to...
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the chief question when designing a payroll tax cut is the tax cut sufficiently designed to minimize the amount of forgone revenue that is spent on payroll and job growth. i do think this policy measure is carefully tailored in three ways that makes the cost per job lower than a straight payroll tax cut. first of all, it is a payroll tax reduction only for net new pay row. it is an incentive for businesses to add payroll and at employment or hours or salaries. it does not provide incentives to businesses that are contracting in the city. secondly, by focusing on small businesses, businesses with less than $500,000, that is a broad range of businesses in the city. with estimated that to 30,000 businesses.
the chief question when designing a payroll tax cut is the tax cut sufficiently designed to minimize the amount of forgone revenue that is spent on payroll and job growth. i do think this policy measure is carefully tailored in three ways that makes the cost per job lower than a straight payroll tax cut. first of all, it is a payroll tax reduction only for net new pay row. it is an incentive for businesses to add payroll and at employment or hours or salaries. it does not provide incentives to...
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the history of tax deregulation in san francisco, there has not been a tremendous amount of attention spent on those companies specifically. there's a lot of regulation to address the vehicles, and not so much regulation as to how to make those companies -- in-line there will be a conference june 26th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the subject of standards. and carry nat ford -- carrying that forward to july, is there that we can measure how successful our companies are at putting people into taxis. we are trying to spend a lot of attention on making sure those are objectives and formulas that are active and not just how many calls there are that come into the table, but what percentage of the time that someone actually get into a taxi as a result of that call. there are a lot of things happening in taxi services, but those are the highlights that touch on service. if you have any questions, i would be happy to address those. >> thank you. i know there was some work to try to make sure that there is some level of improved cab service around the west sid
the history of tax deregulation in san francisco, there has not been a tremendous amount of attention spent on those companies specifically. there's a lot of regulation to address the vehicles, and not so much regulation as to how to make those companies -- in-line there will be a conference june 26th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the subject of standards. and carry nat ford -- carrying that forward to july, is there that we can measure how successful our...
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clearly tax increment financing is the largest local source over the last 20 years. it i would like to give thanks to the staff of the budget analyst, mo and sfra. this is a huge undertaking to pull this information together. it has been a valuable experience for us. we are very pleased to the board is taking so much interest in affordable housing. we truly believe in our mission to build and create more affordable housing. we appreciate the board's interest in our work. i would like to thank my staff, sally from the redevelopment agency, and teresa who will be presenting on this item. i will be back to the recommendations and conclusions. -- i will be back for the recommendations and conclusions. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am from the mayor's office of housing. we will try to keep the presentation brief. we do have a lot of ground to cover. we will try to be as thorough but succinct as possible. we will be covering housing needs related to rhna and beyond. , how our office addresses those housing needs, highlight the accomplishments of our office and the redeve
clearly tax increment financing is the largest local source over the last 20 years. it i would like to give thanks to the staff of the budget analyst, mo and sfra. this is a huge undertaking to pull this information together. it has been a valuable experience for us. we are very pleased to the board is taking so much interest in affordable housing. we truly believe in our mission to build and create more affordable housing. we appreciate the board's interest in our work. i would like to thank...
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you provide benefits, salary, file tax returns, summit taxes, all these other things that are part of that relationship. there are other instances, it sounds like, where you have an employer who does not necessarily have employees in that technical world or that technical way, but instead has perhaps an independent contractor, say, with individuals. and they provide services to that relationship. i guess the question is, is it important for us to distinguish that they're actually employees to that employer? or is it that we really want to try to make sure that whatever, even an independent contractor, is being paid should just be the prevailing wage, net of all the expenses, like the fuel and all these other things that you explain? i guess i am trying to understand why it is tempore to call it an employee/supplier relationship versus we do not really care that it is an independent contractor so long that you get paid the prevailing wage, net of all these other expenses. >> both the state of california division of labor standards enforcement, department of investor relations, and the
you provide benefits, salary, file tax returns, summit taxes, all these other things that are part of that relationship. there are other instances, it sounds like, where you have an employer who does not necessarily have employees in that technical world or that technical way, but instead has perhaps an independent contractor, say, with individuals. and they provide services to that relationship. i guess the question is, is it important for us to distinguish that they're actually employees to...
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recommendations to the board of supervisors on 120681, enacting gross receipts and phase out expend tax. item #6, discussion to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on file no. 1 to 0 6/8 to -- file 120682. item six was introduced by supervisor avalos. in your packet is those ordinances, and in item number five, we have a summary of the response of the proposals we sent to the board of supervisors, the mayor, and other stakeholders, and we have some detailed pages regarding your recommendation to allocate $700,000 to the office of small businesses. in the back pocket is a fact sheet for each ordinance along with a copy for the referral. both items on the discussion and action item. i will refer to the director. >> the agenda is this. >> of this point there is no new updates. the board of supervisors is hearing it on wednesday. we will begin to hear what thoughts and reactions. i will be there. the recommendations have been recommended by a written document. we talked to some supervisors. goone of the things in the upda. we are going to develop technology and infrastructure c
recommendations to the board of supervisors on 120681, enacting gross receipts and phase out expend tax. item #6, discussion to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on file no. 1 to 0 6/8 to -- file 120682. item six was introduced by supervisor avalos. in your packet is those ordinances, and in item number five, we have a summary of the response of the proposals we sent to the board of supervisors, the mayor, and other stakeholders, and we have some detailed pages regarding your...
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what happens if things change in the tax structure? if you do not do something, who knows what is going to happen? we do not truly know what is going to happen. there is not a reason. just push forward, let's move it forward. again, i wanted thank you very much for what you have done. we think is a wonderful move forward. supervisor farrell: thank you. before you begin, i want to thank the number of my other co- sponsors. in particular, supervisor elsbernd. >> good afternoon. i really applaud the supervisors for putting this through. being a small businesses, we are the folks who operate with two or three employees. it is usually a mom-and-pop operation. there are folks that do walking tours of around the city. maybe she will be able to help somebody -- helper do this. one of the hardest working people i have ever seen. the guy is just amazing. we need to be aboard these people. i think that is what you are doing, -- we need to reward these people. i think that is what you are doing. i think you will find most like what they do. they l
what happens if things change in the tax structure? if you do not do something, who knows what is going to happen? we do not truly know what is going to happen. there is not a reason. just push forward, let's move it forward. again, i wanted thank you very much for what you have done. we think is a wonderful move forward. supervisor farrell: thank you. before you begin, i want to thank the number of my other co- sponsors. in particular, supervisor elsbernd. >> good afternoon. i really...
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a flat tax. yes, from a global perspective, weighing in on those high level issues is still fun. what the specific dollar amount this -- i agree. i support both of those things as well. though they are getting a tax exemption on these cases, twitter paid a lot of money for some other stuff, ok? for the neighborhood and things around the new venue. its not as though they walked out of the room and were paid money to come to the city. they paid in other ways. i think that is a means the city has to direct funds to areas that particularly need it. that market section has been blighted for so long. if it twitter is the one to kick start that -- even west field mall has struggled. that was going to turn that area around, and it didn't. as a matter of fact, we're starting to see a lot of turnover. businesses that move and there have been as successful. we have reached critical mass. hopefully, some of the things they're going on in that area and other areas of the city will require special circumstance
a flat tax. yes, from a global perspective, weighing in on those high level issues is still fun. what the specific dollar amount this -- i agree. i support both of those things as well. though they are getting a tax exemption on these cases, twitter paid a lot of money for some other stuff, ok? for the neighborhood and things around the new venue. its not as though they walked out of the room and were paid money to come to the city. they paid in other ways. i think that is a means the city has...
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it is the second source of financing after the tax credit. the dissolution will have a major impact on financing for affordable housing projects. every seven years, it develops housing allocation that establishes bay area jurisdiction as mandated by the state. the fair share of this allocation is incorporated into the housing element of the general plan and the primary document for the housing policies. historically, san francisco has never met its housing goals other than for market rate housing. the city is on track to make 2/3 of its goals for 2013 with a large gap and moderate income housing -- in moderate and low- income housing. until recently, the planning commission received limited information on how approval of housing developments meet the goals of the housing element. while they supported goals for the planning commission to meet goals last august, these reports should incorporate more detailed assessments of current and future housing production and the achievement of housing goals. we recommend the planning commission report on
it is the second source of financing after the tax credit. the dissolution will have a major impact on financing for affordable housing projects. every seven years, it develops housing allocation that establishes bay area jurisdiction as mandated by the state. the fair share of this allocation is incorporated into the housing element of the general plan and the primary document for the housing policies. historically, san francisco has never met its housing goals other than for market rate...